I have to admit I was a serious skeptic when I ordered this tape. I was a 1 handicap and my driver was holding me back from taking that next step up. I started with the driver tape and listened to it...Nothing. I then had occasion to visit my inlaws and one evening with nothing to do I layed in bed, and turned the lights down and listened to the tape. No kidding, I got a funny surreal feeling while listening to this tape. This was two years ago. I am now a +1 and the driver is my favorite and most trustworthy club. After seeing these results I bought the putting tape and I do believe it has made me a more confident and better putter. This tape is not magic. I put hard work into my game and much of the results can be attributed to that, however, I believe that if you listen to these tapes properly they do help. Properly is the key. I have found that I can listen to them over and over and most of the time it goes in one ear and out the other, however with the right setting (quiet and relaxed with no distractions) I find myself in a half sleep listening to the tape and when is is finished I can definatly tell this listening has affected me. Hope this helps.

This is a tremendous aid for your game.

The 27 minute tape produces a calm and confident state of mind. When you play you only need to use the 'trigger gesture' and it will produce confidence in putting.

After listening this tape I broke 80 for the first time. I don't hesitate to recommend this secret weapon to every golfer.

I was not really a bad golfer but my driving shots were not always accurate and long; then I made a habit of listening to this tape.

What you need to do is listen to the tape using a 'trigger gesture' to remind you of a calm and confident state of mind. You can recall this feeling by doing the 'trigger gesture' on the tee box. It's easy and very effective. I enjoy my driving more than ever.

Though I've purchased a few similar self-hypnosis tapes/CDs (such as 'Golf: The Mind-Body Connection' by Tom Saunders, M.D. and 'Mental Management for Great Golf' by Dr. Bee Epstein-Shepherd) I think the 'Integrating Mind & Body for Better Golf' series are the best because of the 'trigger gesture' method.

NOTE: I usually put a glove on my left hand when I use my driver. So I put it on and hold my real driver when I listen.

Hope springs external for overcoming the yips, and this tape may do the trick if you have a very mild case, but it isn't going to do much for a severe case. Each side of the tape is identical -- a 25-minute visualization exercise that certainly can't hurt your putting. You develop a relaxation trigger that you then use on the greens to trigger a relaxation response. One major frustration for me is that you are asked to do some extremely complex visualization EXTREMELY fast. I've previously had hypnosis and have listened to the tape numerous times, but I have yet to really get the hang of it. I'm not sure why the narrator rushes through these portions, but it's mildly irritating. However, I've been using the relaxation trigger when putting with the only method that has ever cured the yips for me (i.e., putting left-handed) and have had several excellent putting performances. In short, this can't hurt -- but if you really think it's going to cure the yips, you're probably one of those dreamers who thinks a $600 driver is going to add 40 yards as well. (The author contacted me after the foregoing review originally appeared and complained that I'd been unfair. I believe that there is general confusion, perhaps even on the author's part, between the "choking" or "stress-related" yips that may occasionally strike anyone and the mysterious yips that seem to have some physical or psychological basis and that caused Sam Snead to say "Once you've had 'em, you've got 'em." The Mayo Clinic has been studying the latter form. This tape will almost surely help if you have the "choking" form, although I stand by my earlier comments. It will almost surely NOT help if you have the more mysterious form.)

I got a copy of this tape a couple of years ago and I'm glad to see that Amazon sells it now. Given that the "author" uses NLP techniques, I've been analyzing what he does. I was a bit skeptical initially but I think this is a nice piece of technology. It shows what one can do when applying NLP principles! Thus, overcoming the yips is a good example of what Goleman would call "emotional intelligence". Buying all 4 of his tapes might be a bit overkill: start with the one that tackles the issue you want to work on most.

Congratulations to Nicholas Rosa!

Patrick Merlevede - co-author of "7 Steps to emotional Intelligence"

I love golf and almost gave up playing. Three years of anxiety when putting. Professional golf teachers, sport psychologists, even anti-anxiety medications; the yips persisted.

That is, until I listened to this tape three or four times the weekend I received it. Next time out, no more shaking, tension or perspiration. I couldn't believe it. That was four weeks ago. Haven't had the yips since, not even in tournament play.

How/why this half hour tape accomplished this is still a mystery to me. As per its design, I doze off while listening to it. Obviously, I recommend it to anyone who suffers from the yips.